Me: "My good readers! I welcome you to yet another chapter in this wacky romantic comedy, guaranteed to make your sides hurt from laughter, or you have no sense of humor. Now, before we get this chapter underway…" (Looks toward the Lounge) "Noire, Blanc, Vert! Our lovely goddesses of Gamindustri! Could you come in here for a moment?"

Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: (Enter IC from Lounge) "What is it? I was in the middle of something very important, and I can't waste time right now. Not that I have anything against the readers, I just have more pressing issues at the moment."

Me: "Well, I thought that you would be happy to know that you will be playing and important part in this chapter… and get closer to Heero."

Black Heart: "G-Get closer to Heero? R-Really? I-I mean I don't really want to, but if that happen-"

White Heart: "…Screw off, dumbass. Heero's mine."

Black Heart: (Turns to glare at White Heart) "Says who, you little brat?! I don't see your name on him!"

White Heart: (Grits her teeth at Black Heart) "Says me, you damn bitch!"

Green Heart: "I don't think Heero belongs to either of you."

Black Heart and White Heart: (Turn to Green Heart) "…The hell's that supposed to mean?"

Green Heart: "You two are so quick to anger… that is rather immature." (Starts speaking in a condescending tone) "Heero deserves someone much more mature… someone like me."

Black Heart: "You?! I'll never let you take Heero! Not that I actually care about him or anything, because I don't! I just don't want him to end up with you and be miserable!"

White Heart: "…Where do you get off saying that WE'RE immature, Thundertits?! If anything, you're the immature one here the way you flash those boobs all over the place!"

Me: "Ladies, please, don't kill each other… at least not yet. Now, let's hurry up and read off the disclaimer so we can get on with the chapter." (Points to cast) "From the top!"

Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: "HeeroUzuki does not own Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hyperdimension Neptunia, Super Robot Wars, or any work pertaining to any of the franchises. However, he does own the idea of crossing over Gundam Wing and Hyperdimension Neptunia."

Me: "Now… let the hilarity and hair brain madness continue! We on the other hand have more work to do. Come along, you three."

Me, Black Heart, White Heart and Green Heart: (Leave IC)

Ch. 21 An Awkward Party Rotation… Heero and the Three 'Stalkers'!

It was another bright and relatively pleasant morning on Leanbox, and the party… or rather Heero was recuperating from the events of the previous day. Considering what had happened, Heero was hoping that Lady Green Heart would call on him to handle personal job requests for her, "(If I accomplish her personal requests, I may be able to inquire about information that is otherwise inaccessible to most other people.)"

"Heerooooo! I'm hungry!" Heero looked up from his laptop to see Neptune sinking into the living room couch. "If you are hungry, then why are you not going to the kitchen? Compa and IF purchased more groceries, so we have an adequate supply of food on hand."

The purple haired girl sat up, a slightly annoyed look on her face, "But I don't want any of the junk Compa and Iffy brought back. I want REAL food."

"There is no difference between the food you can have here, and the food we order at a restaurant."

Neptune's cheeks began to swell up. "Yes there is! We gotta wait to make our food here, and it doesn't taste all that good. If we go out to eat, we don't have to wait and it tastes better!"

Heero wanted to say that she would have to wait for the chef's to make her food when she went out to eat, but decided not to since he had no desire to prolong the conversation. The front door opened and IF walked into the living room, wiping her face with a towel that she had draped around her shoulders, "I feel better after that."

The party's purple haired preteen looked at the Guild Moderatist, whose face was slightly red and a few strands of her hair were matted to her forehead with sweat, "What were you doing, Iffy? Were you having an M rated scene with somebody? Just so you know, you forfeit all claim on Heero now."

IF gave the girl an annoyed half-glare, "No, stupid. I was out jogging. Unlike you, I like to stay in shape." The brunette grabbed her jacket, which was hanging on a nearby coat rack, and began to make her way upstairs. "I'm gonna take a shower. So don't come in trying to peek. (Heero… that's your sign to come in and peek while I'm in the shower!)"

Just then the front door opened a second time, and Compa walked in with a guest, "I'm back! I ran into Lady Green Heart while I was out, and she wanted to see Heero."

The aforementioned goddess stepped into the safe house, immediately directing her attention to Heero, "I hope I didn't come at a bad time Heero, but I have a request for you."

Heero closed his laptop so that he could give the CPU his undivided attention. "Recently, I have been getting a growing number of complaints about a monster nest in a cave near the city. At first I put it off as a minor issue, but after yesterday's monster attack I am beginning to think this might be a real cause for concern."

"And you want the matter resolved before it becomes a problem." Green Heart nodded her head in affirmation. "Mission… understood. I will make preparations for the task at hand."

Green Heart clasped her hands together, a small smile on her beautiful face, "Wonderful. And since this is such an important matter, I will go as well. (Perfect!)"

Neptune shot up out of her spot on the couch and stomped over to the CPU of Leanbox, "You don't gotta do that, Lady Green Heart. WE'LL go with Heero, and you can go back to your Basilicom and do… whatever."

The CPU's smile turned into a small frown as she looked at Neptune, "That will not do. This problem requires the touch of a professional. And I do not mean to undermine your abilities; however Heero can handle this matter much better than any of you. Also, this matter regards the well-being and security of my people so I must go."

Before Neptune could protest, she felt a hand on her shoulders and looked behind her to see Heero, "There is no need to divert more manpower to this task than what is absolutely necessary. While I take care of this job, you and the others can attempt to find information regarding the Key Fragment."

"B-B-But…"

"Just let it go, Nep." Neptune looked over towards the staircase to see IF leaning on the guardrail. "Heero's right. This is a request from the goddess herself, so it's bound to be important… too important to be left to a scatter brain like you. And don't forget we still have no leads on the Key Fragment here in Leanbox, so we need to keep looking."

Neptune looked over at Compa, only to find that she would not support her idea of going along with Heero, "I'm sure Heero will be just fine. He's the strongest member of our party after all."

With Heero, Compa and IF voting against her, and Lyrica out doing her own thing, Neptune could only slump in defeat as Heero began to head towards the door with Lady Green Heart, "I do not expect this mission to take long. Once I am finished, I will assist you in searching for information regarding our main objective."

Heero exited the living room, and as Lady Green Heart stepped out of the safe house Neptune poked her head out, giving a half glare to the CPU, "Just remember Lady Green Heart; Heero is my lover, so don't go trying to steal him from me."

Lady Green Heart just stared at the preteen as she continued to glare, "S-Steal him? I would never do something so barbaric."

Neptune closed the door, while Green Heart turned to follow after Heero. "(Besides, why would I need to steal Heero? All I have to do is get rid of you, and I'm sure he will take me in his arms and show his gratitude for defeating you.)"

Heero and Green Heart began to approach the city limits when the goddess of Leanbox came to a stop, "Could you wait for a moment, Heero?"

The Perfect Soldier stopped and turned to the CPU just as she ducked into a nearby alleyway. A bright light emanated from the narrow passage, and Lady Green Heart emerged from the alleyway she had entered, only now she was in her transformed state. The goddess smiled at the Gundam pilot. "Shall we?"

Heero nodded in response and continued towards his destination with the green haired woman. Lyrica had been passing by when she saw Heero with the transformed Lady Green Heart. The cerulean haired singer stared with wide eyes and a slightly fearful look on her face, "O-Oh…! Wh-What do I do? Should I go after them? N-No… I don't have Mr. Guitar with me."

Lyrica was trying to plan what she should do, when her eyes lit up. "I know! I'll go get the others! Strength in numbers after all. Don't worry, Heero… we'll save you!" The songstress ran back to the safe house as fast as she could, not knowing what was really going on.

Xxx

In a cave not too far from Leanbox's capital city, Black Heart was roaming around with her large sword in hand. The swordstress was looking from side to side as she advanced into the cave, "I swear… this landmass's monster problems are worse than Lowee's… I guess that cow has been slacking off."

As the white haired girl rambled on, a pair of voices derailed her train of thought… and one of those voices immediately had her heart racing, "Is that… H-Heero?"

Black Heart began to head back the way she came, knowing that Heero's voice was coming from that direction. The swordstress hid behind a wall and peeked her head out to see Heero, but also a certain someone clinging to Heero's arm, "(What the hell?!)"

Heero was walking along the path within the dungeon with Green Heart, who had her arms wrapped around Heero's left arm, "Does it not feel like we're on a date, Heero?"

"I fail to see how you can treat this as a casual outing when we are here on an assignment."

The white haired girl could feel her eye twitch as she watched Green Heart hold the Gundam pilot's arm. "You just have to think a little more positively. If we're going to be working together, it is important that we start bonding." The CPU looked away from the Perfect Soldier as her cheeks began turn a bright red hue. "After all… who knows where our relationship will go?"

Just as Heero and Green Heart were about to round the corner, Black Heart jumped out and intercepted the two… though she cast a heated glare at Green Heart, "What are you doing here?! Don't you have some games to be playing or something?!"

Green Heart just stared at the white haired swordstress who kept her heated gaze fixed on her, "This is my landmass. Naturally I have to think of the safety of my people. Now I will ask you the same question; what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be back in Lastation?"

Black Heart looked flustered at the question as she looked away from Green Heart. "W-Well… I was here to take care of something important… and the Sky Harbor closed before I could leave…" The swordstress rapidly shook her head as she went back to glaring at Green Heart, "Th-That doesn't matter right now! More importantly; what are you doing with Heero?!"

The CPU of Leanbox began to lean her head on Heero's shoulders. "Well, Heero and I are on a date."

Heero could have sworn he had heard shattering glass, "I don't believe you for an instant! Why would Heero want to go on a date with you?!"

Green Heart could only stare at Black Heart with a quizzical look on her face, "I don't see why you're so angry. Are you perhaps… interested in Heero?"

Almost instantly, Black Heart's cheeks were as red as cherries. "Wh-Wh-What the hell?! Where do you get THAT idea?! I-I'm not interested in him! Th-That is to say I'm not interested in him romantically or anything, I just happen to find him very helpful that's all."

Green Heart continued to stare at the swordstress. "I only asked if you were interested in Heero, I did not ask whether or not it was a romantic interest."

A few seconds of painful silence passed, and Black Heart did not look like she was breathing. Realizing her mistake, Black Heart's cheeks turned an even darker shade of red, "Shut up! You may not have asked, but I can tell that was what you were thinking!"

Heero had remained silent throughout the conversation mostly because he did not want to get involved, but Heero knew that none of them were going to get anywhere or get anything done if they just stood around, "I hate to interrupt, but we have a job to do. It would be in our best interest to take care of this matter as soon as possible."

Green Heart began to walk away with her arms still around Heero's arm, "Well, it was nice meeting you… I suppose, but we have important business to address. I'm sure you know the way out of this dungeon, no?"

Before they could get even three paces away, Heero felt his body shift to the right. The Gundam pilot looked to his right and found Black Heart latched onto his arm, though the swordstress was still glaring at the CPU of Leanbox, "I'm not leaving! In fact, I think I'll go with you. After all, who knows what you'll try and do to Heero if I leave you alone with him."

A frown made its way onto Green Heart's face as she looked at Black Heart. "That won't be necessary. Heero and I are more than capable of handling this ourselves. Isn't that right, Heero?"

"While we are sufficient in completing this mission, having more capable allies to assist us would improve the mission success rate."

Black Heart smirked as a disheartened look made its way onto Green Heart's face, "Looks like its two against one. I guess that means I'll be joining you." Heero closed his eyes and mentally sighed as the two girls went into a small exchange. "I would like to know why exactly you two are clinging to me."

Both girls stopped bickering and the swordstress from Lastation looked down to see her arms around Heero's right arm. Almost immediately after looking at their entwined limbs, Black Heart quickly released her hold on the Gundam pilot and frantically waved her arms out in front of herself, "I-I wasn't holding onto to you because I wanted to or anything! I was just doing it for emphasis, that's all. I don't want you to be stuck with her and end up miserable for the rest of your life… not that I care or anything! Because I don't!"

Heero could not help but raise an eyebrow at Black Heart's reason, "What exactly do you mean by 'stuck with her and end up miserable for the rest of my life?'"

"Y-You know what I'm talking about!"

"No, I don't, that is why I am asking." Black Heart began to stammer as she tried to explain her reasoning when Heero found his attention being drawn towards something else. "…It looks as though the inquiry will have to wait. Enemies are closing on our location."

Green Heart turned her head to see a trio of Minotaur advancing towards the group, "I suppose the extra help wouldn't be too bad… so long as she doesn't slow us down."

Black Heart shot back a retort at the CPU of Leanbox, "The only one who would slow anyone down here is YOU."

The large axe wielding beasts began to increase their pace as they neared Heero, Black Heart and Green Heart. "It is imperative that you two cease this senseless bickering and focus."

Black Heart flew past Heero as she moved to intercept the monsters, "You heard Heero, stop trying to pick a fight with me and make yourself useful!"

Green Heart was close behind the swordstress, her drill spear at the ready, "I won't allow myself to be upstaged by you."

Having put their argument on hold, the trio set about the task of defeating the Minotaur. Heero had dealt with the creatures before, so he knew that he only needed to stay out of the monster's reach when it attacked, then attack when there was an opening. The Perfect Soldier armed his GN Sword and deftly evaded the attacks that the Minotaur launched at him and quickly dealt a few blows during the time the creature needed to recover from the failed attempts. While Heero scored around seven attacks three proved to be sufficient in ending the Minotaur's life, though it was stubborn and did not fall until the seventh attack had landed, "Target one has been eliminated."

The Perfect Soldier turned his head in the direction of the second Minotaur which was a few feet from where he was standing. The monster landed on the ground with a loud thud, and Lady Green Heart was standing over its body, "I have no time to waste on small fry."

Shortly after the second Minotaur had fallen, the third fell to in a similar fashion though the front of its body was covered with deep cuts. Black Heart puffed out her chest as she talked down to the dead monster, "As if a weak monster like this was a match for me."

Green Heart was smiling, but spoke with a condescending tone in her voice. "You must be slacking off if it takes you this long to defeat one monster."

Naturally, Black Heart responded by snapping at the CPU, "Well, unlike YOU I didn't just rush in! I took the time to study my enemy and plan the best way to defeat it! That's always been the difference between us. You're just content with winning. I make sure that I attain a perfect win."

Heero knew that both girls were no non-sense when it came to fighting, but their arguing was fast proving to be a problem, "If you two are just about finished, we have a job to do."

The Gundam pilot continued further into the cave with the intent of clearing out the monsters and returning to the party so as to continue with their original mission of searching for the Key Fragments… a mission that was taking longer than even he could have predicted. Green Heart looked over her shoulder at Black Heart, "You can come along… Just don't get in the way."

As the goddess of Leanbox followed after Heero, Black Heart seethed at her remark. "(Did you just tell ME not to get in the way?! I see the game you're playing… You stuck up cow! You're trying to make me look bad in front of Heero!)"

The swordstress stood where she was for a moment, processing what she had said in her mind. Realizing what she had said, Black Heart furiously shook her head as she took off after Heero and Vert. "Wh-What am I saying? I-I only care because I don't like to be second best! I'm sure as hell not going to be second best to HER!"

Xxx

Outside of the cave Heero and Green Heart had entered; Neptune and the party were standing at the entrance. Neptune's cheeks had swelled up and turned red out of disappointment and actual anger, "Lady Green Heart is sooo irresponsible! I knew Heero shouldn't have gone with her!"

IF had her arms crossed as she listened to the preteen rant, "You can't blame this on Lady Green Heart. Maybe she was called away on some important business."

Compa was clearly worried based on the expression on her face, "But Iffy, Lady Green Heart was only supposed to have Heero long enough to take care of the monster problem. She should have sent him right back to us, but now… the lady in the plug suit has him."

Lyrica's face began to turn pale, "Heero was kidnapped by her… and they're in a cave… Wh-What if she came here to… d-do the thing with him?"

The sound of the girls' lives shattering caused them to freeze in place. The very thought of Heero doing 'the thing' with another girl was unconscionable. In her state of panic, Neptune transformed and promptly took off into dungeon, "Hold on Heero, I'll save you."

Compa looked to both IF and Lyrica, "We should go too. I know Nep-Nep is strong, but I know we can save Heero if all of us work together."

Lyrica nodded her head while tightening her grip on Mr. Guitar, "I'm sure Heero is being held against his will somewhere in here… he must be scared." The cerulean haired singer began to shift her gaze toward the sky as she began to drift. "Maybe he'll even give us a reward for saving him…"

Xxx

Neptune, Compa and IF were lying on the ground in the cave, having been defeated by the 'plug suit lady'. Lyrica was the last member of the party still standing and was forced to face the mysterious stalker alone, "You have lost. Heero will be mine forever."

The aforementioned teen was tied to a stalagmite and could do nothing but watch as the party was beaten by the green haired woman, "Forget about me, Lyrica. Save yourself."

Lyrica shook her head, opposed to the idea, "No! I won't leave you, Heero! I love you!"

The 'plug suit lady' raised her lance toward Lyrica, "Enough. It is time I did away with you." With a burst of inhuman speed, the stalker closed in on Lyrica. Holding Mr. Guitar up, the blue haired girl strummed the guitar strings. "My love for Heero makes me stronger than you! I will save Heero!"

A massive shockwave emitted from Mr. Guitar that caused the stalactites hanging overhead to fall. The large chunks of rock fell down upon the lance wielding stalker, and it was not long before she was entombed by the falling rocks. After determining that Heero's captor would not be getting up any time soon, Lyrica rushed over to untie the rope that kept Heero restrained, "Are you alright, Heero?"

Once the ropes restraining him fell to the ground, Heero took Lyrica into his arms, "I should be asking you that. You put yourself in danger for my sake." The songstress slowly wrapped her arms around Heero's neck, her cheeks turning a light pink. "W-Well… I-I love you, Heero. I could never leave you in the hands of a stalker."

Heero brought one hand up and tilted the cerulean haired singers head up so he could look into her eyes. "Perhaps I need to show you how much I love you."

"H-Heero…" Slowly, the Perfect Soldier pulled Lyrica closer, completely oblivious to the still unconscious Neptune, Compa and IF.

Xxx

Lyrica had an awkward smile on her face as she allowed her daydream to run its course. IF was giving the singer a strange look as this was going on, "…And just what are you giggling about?"

IF's voice had pulled Lyrica out of her daydream, "Wh-What was that?"

For a moment IF just watched Lyrica before shaking her head. "It's nothing. We'd better hurry and go after Nep and Compa so they don't get lost." As the two girls followed after their fellow party members, IF had her doubts about the situation, "(Something doesn't make sense… if Lady Green Heart changed her mind or decided that she didn't need Heero's help; why didn't she tell him to come back?)"

Xxx

Further inside of the cave, the mystery girl from Lowee was walking past a group of dead Hornets. The indentures on their beaten bodies was a clear indication that she was the cause of their untimely demise. The Newtype had her face stuck in her book; reading it as she went, "…Meeting your source of inspiration in an area you are uncomfortable, or with something that irritates you can diminish your creativity."

The blue haired girl pulled her face out of the book long enough to scan her surroundings. "…Wouldn't it be ironic to meet Heero in this shithole? The only thing that could make this whole situation shittier is if Thundertits had her arms around him or something…" The Newtype rounded a corner before returning her attention to her book. "…And the only way THAT situation could get any shittier would be if that dumb bitch from Lastation were to be hanging around Heero."

After a minute of walking the Newtype came to a T-intersection, and closed her book long enough to follow the path on the left. The blue haired girl would have immediately gone back to reading her book… if fate had not decided to give her the worse than worst case scenario she had been talking about just moments ago.

"Come now, Heero. Don't pretend like you don't enjoy it."

"He probably doesn't enjoy it because you keep trying to smother him!"

What the Newtype saw before her was Heero with Green Heart clinging to one of his arms, and Black Heart who looked like she was trying not to latch onto the Gundam pilot's other arm, "I hope you realize that we are in a hostile environment. Now is not the time to be lowering your guard."

"What the hell?!"

The trio came to a stop when they heard the outburst and saw the blue haired girl standing before them, and she looked absolutely livid, "Hey! Thundertits! What the hell do you think you're doing with Heero?!"

A frown quickly formed on Green Heart's face as she focused on the Newtype, "You use such vulgar language so freely… truly you are the most immature out of the four of us."

Heero looked between glanced at the CPU out of the corner of his eye, "(Four of us? I do not believe I am one of the four she is referring to… she must mean Neptune.)" The Gundam returned his attention forward. "(I may learn something if I listen.)"

"Shut your hole! I can't stand that holier-than-thou crap you enjoy spitting out." The fowl mouthed girl shifted her gaze toward Black Heart. "And you! Dumbshit! What are you still doing here?! And why are you with Heero?!"

The swordstress could not hide the scowl forming on her face, "That lack of discipline is really getting on my nerves. Maybe now is as good a time as any to do something about that."

Before they could do anything else, the blue haired girl latched onto Heero's torso, casting glares at the two other girls, "…I'll gladly put you two in your place; but first, get the hell away from Heero!"

Green Heart tightened her hold on Heero's arm, defiant of the young girl's demand, "I see no reason to listen to you. I think it would be best if you two were to remove yourselves from Heero immediately."

It was bad enough to have these two girls fighting each other over him for reasons he could not understand, but what added fuel to this already raging fire was that Black Heart grabbed onto Heero's other arm while glaring at the other two girls, "And I think that you two should get away from Heero! It's clear to me that you're the problem!"

Heero, for the life of him, could not understand why these three girls were arguing about the other two being around him. The Gundam pilot thought he saw bolts of lightning lash out between the trio of girls as they glared at one another, "Would one of you care to explain what is going?"

Vert kept her attention focused on the other two girls as she addressed the teenaged boy's question, "Just settling a matter that I should have taken care of long ago."

The Newtype had to drop her book so as to tighten her grip on Heero's waist, "…I should've gotten rid of you two sooner so this shit wouldn't have happened."

Black Heart maintained a tight hold on Heero with one arm, while she gripped her large sword with the other and her voice was dripping with venom, "The only one who's getting rid of anyone here is me."

Heero didn't know how much more of this he could take. He had come to this cave to take care of a job regarding the security of Leanbox… never could he have imagined that a simple job could be made so complicated by three girls who were after both him and Neptune, though not for the same reason. The Perfect Soldier needed to get a handle on a situation, but was faced with a serious problem, "(These three act in the same manner towards one another as they do with Neptune… The mere sight of one is enough to set them off. Given our current location and drawing on past experience with battles that involved them; this area could very well be destroyed… and us along with it.)"

This was a bomb that Heero was unsure of how to de-fuse without something to help him. These three girls were at each other's throats, and could very well go off at the drop of a hat. Just when it seemed like the plug suit wearing girls were about to go at it, Heero's attention was drawn to something that was approaching the group. It seemed fate had decided to take pity on the teen. "Before you three decide to waste your time and energy fighting one another, we may want to deal with the more immediate problem coming towards us."

Fortunately, the three girls were not so caught up in their exchange that they could not hear Heero. The girls turned their attention to what the lone male was focusing on; a group of Titans was advancing towards them. It was virtually impossible not to see the gold suits of armor advancing towards them, "If we are to defeat them, it will require us to work together. That means NO bickering and fighting one another."

The three girls exchanged glances of uncertainty; clearly they weren't comfortable with the idea of fighting alongside the other two. Green Heart let out an audible sigh, "Very well. I don't exactly like the idea, but I will go along with it… only because I don't want to cause Heero any more trouble."

Black Heart looked away from the others, still somewhat uncertain about the prospect of working with other two girls, "Fine. Then it's a truce."

The Newtype let go of Heero and folded her arms over her chest, "…I'll tolerate you two. For now."

While they weren't too happy with the idea, at least they would put their fighting on hold to deal with the immediate problem, "Now that we are all in agreement…" The Gundam pilot was engulfed in a familiar bright light. Once it had subsided, the Wing Gundam was standing were Heero had been. "We should focus on eliminating the enemy before us."

Xxx

Compa, IF and Lyrica were combing the inside of the dungeon, looking for any sign of Neptune or, more importantly, Heero. The three girls turned another corner and found Neptune kneeling down next to a dead monster. The purple haired swordstress was examining the Ubellarin as the girls drew closer; specifically at the wounds across its body, "What is it, Nep-Nep? Did you find something?"

Neptune stood up and directed her attention to her fellow party members, "Judging by the wounds on this monster, I believe Heero is indeed here. In fact, he must be close by."

Lyrica looked around and took notice of the other two monster bodies, "Did he defeat all three of them on his own? Heero is really strong…"

The purple haired teen cast her gaze over to the other two monsters that were as dead as the first, "While I doubt Heero would have had a problem dealing with all three of them, that doesn't seem to be the case here."

Neptune moved over to the other two monsters as the three girls all gave her confused looks, prompting her to continue. "The other two monsters were defeated by two other people. The holes in the first seemed to have been caused by a weapon that is meant to stab or pierce through a tough hide… such as a lance or spear. The other one seems to have been dealt with by someone using a sword, though as we all know Heero is focused on defeating his enemies in as efficient a manner as possible. The number of injuries indicates that it was someone trying to showoff… and this same person might have a poor disposition."

IF frowned at the information they had been given, "The showoff with the poor disposition aside, we now know that the chick with the lance DID come through here with Heero."

Compa was looking from side to side as the conversation went on, "So not only does she plan to have an M rated scene with him, but she's forcing Heero to fight? That lady in the plug suit is so mean!"

Neptune began to head further into the cave, "They must be further in. Let's hurry so we can save Heero."

Neptune, Compa and Lyrica took off, leaving IF to examine the monsters for a moment longer. The brunette thought that the reason why her party wasn't thinking about the situation carefully was because they were too worried about Heero, but something just didn't seem right to IF.

Xxx

Heero and the three girls who Neptune and the others had labeled as 'stalkers' had stopped at another intersection within the dungeon after dealing with not only the Titans, but a number of other monsters as well.

Black Heart was shooting a glare at Green Heart while they waited for Heero to determine which way they needed to go, "Alright, spill it. What's the real reason you're in here with Heero?"

The Newtype was interested in the conversation only because it concerned Heero. Green Heart looked at the two for a moment before replying, "We're on a date, though I do believe I already told you that."

"…Don't screw with me, Thundertits. Why should I believe that Heero is dating YOU?" The blue haired girl was more than a little irritated to hear Green Heart say that she was on a date with the Gundam pilot.

"Believe what you will, but it does not change the fact that Heero and I are bonding. I am going to be asking for his services myself to help take care of my landmass." The CPU's cheeks turned a soft shade of red as she looked away. "…That's not to say our relationship will remain strictly business. Who knows? We might end up getting married."

The two girls in front of the CPU stared at her in silence before shouting in unison, "MARRIED?! YOU AND HEERO?!"

"You two don't have to say it so loud… but…"

Xxx

Heero opened the door to the Leanbox Basilicom. As he closed the door, a pair of arms wrapped around his torso and Green Heart was pushing her chest up against his back, "Welcome home, dear."

The Gundam pilot turned around to face his 'wife', "It's nice to be home… it was a long day today."

Green Heart began to draw shapes on Heero's chest with her right index finger as she met his gaze, unable to hide the smile spreading across her face, "You seem tired. Perhaps we should head to our room so I can give you some… special treatment."

Heero suddenly pinned the CPU between himself and the wall, a smirk forming on his face, "Who says we have to wait to get to our room?"

"You can be so impatient when it comes to me. We'll have to make sure to eat our dinner before it gets cold, then take a bath afterwards." Heero maneuvered his head so that he had access to Green Heart's neck. "And after that, we go into round two."

The goddess of Leanbox giggled as the Gundam pilot nipped the skin of her neck. "You're such a naughty boy, Heero."

Heero pulled back to look into his 'wife's' eyes, his right hand slowly making its way up Green Heart's leg, "I can't help myself. You're too irresistible."

Green Heart slowly closed her eyes as Heero moved in for a kiss, "Ahhh…"

Xxx

The CPU of Leanbox slapped the sides of her face as she shook her head, "When did I become so naughty?"

Black Heart and the Newtype couldn't stand being around Green Heart as she fantasized about a life of marriage with Heero, "…That bitch. Like hell will I let her marry Heero. If anyone is getting married to him, it's me."

Black Heart narrowed her eyes at the axe wielding girl, "I'm not going to let you marry Heero."

Seconds of silence passed between the Newtype and Black Heart as they glared at one another. Finally, the blue haired girl broke the silence. "…You keep saying that you're not interested in Heero, then you start spouting off this shit. Which is it? Are interested in him or not?"

The white haired swordstress looked away, her mind frantically trying to come up with an answer, "W-Well, what I mean by that is… th-that I just worry about him. I-I don't want him to make a mistake that will make his life miserable."

"Then if you aren't attracted to him, WHY are you getting in my way? You have other things to be worrying about than one person." Almost immediately, Black Heart went back to glaring at the girl in front of her. "What about you?! You're in the same boat!"

Once more, silence dominated the air between the two girls once more. The Newtype looked away as her cheeks turned a light shade of pink. "Well… I like him. Heero leaves quite an impression… it's difficult for me not to think about him."

Xxx

Heero opened the door to Lowee's main Basilicom and was greeted by the blue haired Newtype, "…Welcome home, Heero. How was your day?"

"Long, tedious… in my opinion; pointless since I could not be with you."

The mystery girl couldn't help but blush. "W-Well… all that matters is that you're home. Why do you get some rest? You look tired." Heero took off his jacket and placed it on a nearby coatrack. "As long as my wife will join me, then fine."

Both Heero and the girl made their way to the back of the Basilicom. Once in the bedroom located in the back, Heero noticed that the blue haired girl was trying to hide something, "…What are you hiding?"

The Newtype flinched before giving the teenaged soldier a timid smile, "…I would never hide anything from you, dear."

Heero approached the girl and swiftly slipped his hand behind her back, which was where the object she was hiding, was located. The Newtype had no time to react and the object, a book, was taken from her. Heero directed his attention to the title of the book. "'100 tips on how to make your experience in the bedroom perfect.' For what reason would you need this?"

With a face as red as a cherry, the blue haired girl answered Heero. "…I just… think I'm not doing a good enough job… when we… you know…"

Before she could continue the Newtype found herself being pushed onto the bed behind her and Heero had positioned himself on top of her, "I don't think you need a book to tell you how to make our experience better." The Gundam pilot brushed one of the girl's bangs to the side as he looked at her. "…Not when you're already perfect."

"…Oh… Heero…"

Heero slowly closed the distance between himself and his 'wife' as they prepared to share another 'experience' in their bedroom.

Xxx

The Newtype had her gaze cast down to the ground, her entire face was as red as a tomato and a small rivulet of blood was leaking from her nose, "…Shit, that's hot."

Black Heart wasn't feeling comfortable knowing that both of these girls that she detested were after Heero, "I-I don't see why they don't believe me when I say I'm just worried about him. Un-Unlike them, I have no ulterior motive for being around Heero. I-I mean sure he's strong… smart… and while he doesn't show, he's really nice and thoughtful…"

The swordstress slowly turned her gaze toward the Perfect Soldier, "But… if we were… married…"

Xxx

Heero opened the door to the Lastation Basilicom, his jacket slung over his right shoulder. As he closed the large doors of the religious building, a voice behind him garnered his attention, "W-Welcome home, dear."

The Gundam pilot turned around to see Black Heart… with nothing but an apron to cover herself. "How was work? You must be exhausted."

Heero was taking the time to look at his 'wife', his eyes roaming over her body, which was only covered by the kitchen wear that hugged the curves and swells of her body, "It was tiresome, but being with my wife is the highlight of my day."

Black Heart was having some difficulty looking at Heero, mostly because her decision to wear nothing but an apron was rather risqué as left most of her body exposed, "S-So… would you like to do dinner first? Or would you like to do a bath?" The white haired girl shifted her gaze away from Heero as she slowly pulled on the thin apron strap on her right shoulder. "Or… would you like to…"

Black Heart was taken by surprised when she felt herself being pulled towards Heero. The Perfect Soldier's face was only a few millimeters away from Black Heart's, but she could see his lips form a smirk, "I'd like to do both you AND dinner in the bath."

"H-Heero-"

The white haired girl was silenced with a kiss from Heero, and as she melted into the kiss the Gundam pilot's hand began to travel up her leg and underneath her apron.

Xxx

Steam was rising out of Black Heart's head as she stood watching the Gundam pilot; the teen's head began to tilt back so that she was looking at the ceiling as her daydream of marriage and… explicit sexual scenes continued to run its course, "You just want everything… don't you, Heero?"

Heero had just finished examining the two paths that the group had to choose from when he turned around to see the three girls all looking in different directions, and their faces were red. He could hear them talking to themselves and was questioning whether or not they were alright, "What exactly are you three talking about?"

The trio of girls were snapped out of their daze and directed their attention to the teen they had been thinking about. Their faces were still a dark shade of red, since they had just had rather… 'exciting' fantasies about Heero mere seconds ago, though Green Heart was the only one of the three to give an actual answer, "Don't pretend like you don't know, you bad boy."

Heero had no on earthly clue as to what the trio had been talking about, let alone what they had been thinking about… and for some reason, he felt as though he didn't WANT to know. "I have determined that we should continue along our current path. If we can eliminate the leader, then the rest of the monsters nesting here will disperse. At that point the Leanbox Defense Force should be able to mop up the remaining enemies, since there will only be scattered resistance."

Having told the girls the direction they should go as well as the reason why they should go said direction, Heero continued further into the cave. Green Heart, Black Heart and the Newtype followed behind the Perfect Soldier, their minds still wandering somewhat. Black Heart began to shake her head as she thought back to what she had been dreaming about, "(Wh-What am I do thinking something like… that?! I-I don't like Heero! A-At least not in THAT way. Besides, we're not in even in a romantic relationship, so how can I be thinking about marriage?)"

The Newtype was glaring at the back of Green Heart's head, "(…There's no way in hell Heero is dating this bitch. If Thundertits here thinks I'm just going to let her seduce him, she's got another thing coming.)"

Green Heart was too focused on her train of thought to give the blue haired girl behind her a second thought, "(Maybe I'm taking things too fast… I am willing to consider marriage, but Heero and I are currently in a business relationship right now. Before I can start thinking about marriage, our relationship has to develop beyond what it is now… though it should be obvious to Heero that I am the only one for him. I just need to get rid of these two, as well as Neptune.)"

Xxx

Neptune, Compa, IF and Lyrica were thoroughly searching the area they were in, searching for any more sign of Heero and his captors, other than the destroyed suits of armor lying on the ground, "I think it's safe to assume that there are three people involved with Heero's kidnapping." Neptune carefully examined the five Titan bodies that lay strewn across the ground. "Two of these monsters were defeat by the same two people who defeated the monsters we found a few moments ago. Two of the them look to have had the misfortune of fighting Heero… the missing legs and mostly destroyed torsos indicate that he transformed."

The swordstress turned her gaze onto the fifth suit of armor, which was beaten and torn for the most part, "The last one, however… someone with a heavy weapon like an axe must have done this."

IF gave the monster a quick look over, "Isn't it strange that the three girls who are stalking you are suddenly here working together? Why do you think that is? I mean, if anything they should be coming after Nep."

Compa began to shutter as she formulated her own idea as to why the 'stalker ladies' were working together, "They must have joined forces so that they could kidnap Heero and take over his mind! They want him to be their slave or something!"

A cold chill ran up Lyrica's spine as she began to imagine the horrific 'torture' that Heero would be subjected to by the three girls, "W-We've got to save Heero before that happens!"

Neptune, Compa and Lyrica took off once more, determined to save Heero from his predicament. IF followed after the three girls, still questioning whether or not Heero was actually in any real danger.

Xxx

Heero and the trio of 'stalker ladies' had been walking in silence for about five minutes. The Gundam pilot did not mind it so much, but felt that there was something wrong with it. Heero looked over shoulder at the girls who were 'helping' him and found the three of them exchanging death glares with one another.

The three girls came to a stop, clearly they could not take another moment of being with the other two, "…Damnit! I can't take this anymore! Why the hell do I have to work with these two shitheads?!"

Green Heart frowned at the fowl mouthed girl, "No one said you had to be here. And that obscene language of yours is becoming a nuisance."

Black Heart drew her large sword and pointed the tip between the two girls, "I think you both are a nuisance! I should get rid of you two now, so I only have to worry about dealing with Neptune."

Once again, Heero was stuck with three girls who wanted nothing more than to kill each other. The Gundam pilot's patience was wearing very thin, very fast, "This has gone on long enough."

Black Heart, Green Heart and the Newtype quickly went from seething anger to utter confusion as each of them turned to look at the Gundam pilot. While he maintained fairly emotionless face, they could tell that he was more than a little upset. "My patience with you three is wearing thin. At first I thought that if you three could avoid fighting one another then this mission would progress much faster. I'm beginning to see that may have been too much to ask for."

The white haired teen lowered her weapon and pointed at the other two girls, "These two are the ones who keep provoking me! Why don't we just ditch them? I'm all the help you really need!"

Green Heart lifted her lance and pointed the tip ay the swordstress from Lastation, "I'M the one who asked Heero to assist me with this matter. Why it is that you were here before we arrived is anyone's guess, but I certainly did not intend to have you join us."

The Newtype lifted her axe with both hands, "…It's your own fault for being so easily provoked. Even the smallest damn thing will set you off."

As the arguing between the three began to escalate, Heero had reached his limit and would not put up with them for another second, "This proves my point. Your senseless fighting and bickering is wasting time that would be better spent on finishing the mission. I will not waste my time babysitting you three." Heero turned back around, intent on finishing the assignment he had been given. "At this point, I think the only way you can 'help' me is by leaving this area immediately. I can handle this mission on my own."

Green Heart ran after the Perfect Soldier, her arm outstretched, "Wait, Heero!"

Before she could grab onto him, Heero smacked the CPU's hand away, "Weak allies are a burden, not an asset. And the constant fighting between you three shows that you are nothing more than a liability."

Once again, Heero continued further into the cave, not even bothering to look back at the three girls who looked very hurt by what he had said. Heero had only gotten twenty paces away when he heard Black Heart call out to him, "Wait!"

The Gundam pilot glanced over his shoulder at the trio to see them all with their eyes cast down to the ground. Black Heart looked away from the two girls next to her, "I'll… I'll work with them if it gives you some peace of mind. But just the one time. I don't plan to work together with them after this."

The Newtype closed her eyes, clearly she was trying very hard to restrain herself, "…It really pisses me off, but… since this is for Heero, I am willing to tolerate you two."

Green Heart was just as irritated as the other two girls, but was willing put her personal agenda aside, "Then we are in agreement. Until we have taken care of matters here, we will refrain from aggressive actions toward one another."

Heero was unsure whether or not he could trust the girls to not attack one another, but they seemed somewhat sincere, "…If you can keep yourselves under control, then we should be able to finish the mission soon enough."

Once again, the group continued into the dungeon, a temporary truce keeping the girls from trying to kill one another. After another five minutes of walking, Heero and the three girls found themselves in a large, spacious room. Each member of the group thoroughly searched an area of the room for any trace of the boss monster. After they finished investigating the area, the four members congregated at the center of the room, "There doesn't appear to be anything here… perhaps the boss has already left?"

Black Heart huffed as she looked around the room once more, "What a waste of time. It probably ran away because it knew I was coming."

Heero had his arms folded over his chest with his eyes closed as Black Heart went on about how the monster must have ran off, "No. The target is still here. In fact, it is in this very room."

The three girls looked at the Gundam pilot, then around the room, and finally back at Heero, "…What do you mean? We're the only ones in here."

Heero motioned to the ceiling with one hand. Green Heart, Black Heart and the Newtype tilted their heads back, and their eyes widened in disbelief. Up on the ceiling; a Light Dragon was clinging to the stalactites above. Black Heart could not believe what she was seeing, "I've never seen a monster hang from the ceiling like that."

The Newtype began to curse and swear at the monster as it hung from the ceiling, "Hey, shit-for-brains! Get your ass down here so we can kill you!"

Green Heart paid no attention to the blue haired girl as she examined the Light Dragon from where she was, "How are we going to get it to come down?"

Heero had been trying to figure out that question as well, but after watching the way the monster had been looking at them, the Perfect Soldier already had a plan, "Clearly it is waiting for us to make the first move. The moment we move is when it will strike."

The Newtype readied her axe, "…Then what are we waiting for? Let's kill that bastard!"

"Blindly charging in will only lead to needless casualties. I will distract the target, allowing you three to circle around behind it. If everything goes as planned, we should finish this without incurring any injuries ourselves."

Black Heart watched as the Gundam pilot armed his GN Sword, "I don't have a problem with this plan, since it's pretty sound… But why do you want to be the one to get the monster's attention?"

Heero fixed his gaze on the dragon that was still hanging above them, "…Because I don't want any of you getting hurt."

And just like that, the trio of girls felt their faces heat up. Heero took one step back, and that was enough to get the Light Dragon to let go of the sharp rocks it was hanging onto and fall straight towards the Perfect Soldier.

The party split apart so that once the monster landed, no one was underneath or around it. Heero lifted the GN Sword and fired a stream of beam bolts, as the weapon was in Rifle Mode. Each round of thermal energy struck the large monster and while it did not deal any significant damage, it did have its intended effect. The Light Dragon focused its attention the teenaged soldier, allowing Green Heart, Black Heart and the Newtype to circle around to the monster's backside without having to worry about the dragon impeding their movement.

Once they were in position, Green Heart immediately moved in to strike the Light Dragon, with her intended target being the back of its neck. All seemed to be going well, but the Light Dragon had detected the CPU's movement and swerved around to face the goddess of Leanbox. The dragon craned it's neck, causing Green Heart's lance to narrowly miss her mark… as well as leave her open to an attack. The Light Dragon's head darted out and tried to take a mouthful out of Green Heart's arm, but was knocked away by the Newtype's axe, which actually broke a few of the dragon's teeth in the process, "…Can't believe I'm having to save your ass."

Green Heart backed away from the dragon after her failed attack, and the scaly monster shook it's head rapidly as it tried to regain its senses, which had become disoriented from the head on collision with the Newtype's axe. Black Heart moved in on the dragon while it was still off balance, "I'll finish this!"

The white haired swordstress swung her large blade at the Light Dragon; however she was only able to land a single strike on the monster's torso before it regained its senses and tried to take a snap at the snow haired girl. Black Heart narrowly evaded the attack and put a sizeable amount of distance between herself and the creature, "Grrr… you're getting on my nerves."

Heero was in agreement with the swordstress from Lastation, the dragon had thwarted their plan and now the Gundam pilot would have to think of a new strategy for the group to prevail, "Heero."

The teenaged soldier directed his attention to Green Heart. "Would it be possible for you to stall the monster for… one minute?"

It went without saying that Heero was curious as to why the CPU needed one minute, but wanted to see what she was planning, "Very well. Changing battle tactics."

As Heero went about his task of stalling the Light Dragon, the Newtype raised a questioning eyebrow at the goddess of Leanbox, "…Just what are you planning?"

"Normally I wouldn't consider wasting my time or energy on a monster like this, but I thought I might be able to get Heero's attention if I were to be the one to defeat it. So, I am going to use a fraction of my full power."

Black Heart's eye twitched, "So THAT'S your game. Well, I have no intention of being second best! Especially to you two!"

The blue haired girl frowned as she held her axe out in front of herself, "…I guess I will have to use a percentage of my own power. If only to prove that I'm better than you two."

Heero dodged and blocked each attack that was thrown at him by the Light Dragon. When the dragon tried to bite him, Heero would duck underneath its head and strike at the monster's torso. When it tried to lash at him with its long tail, the Gundam pilot would put at least a cars length worth of distance between himself, so that he could assess the situation and plan what he needed to do next.

Fifty seconds had passed, meaning that whatever Green Heart had planned was going to take place in the next ten seconds. Before the goddess of Leanbox could finish charging her attack, the Light Dragon focused its attention on her. Since Green Heart had to stay in one place in order to charge her power, she was left vulnerable to an attack. The yellow scaled monster charged at the CPU, looking to injure at least one member of the party. Heero knew that if the CPU were to be attacked in her exposed state, the preparations she had been making for the past minute would have gone to waste… and there was the possibility that she could end up being fatally wounded.

Three…

Without wasting another second, Heero ran as fast he could, quickly overtaking the dragon and positioning himself in front of Green Heart so to protect the CPU from the oncoming monster.

Two…

Heero was able to block the first attack, but the Light Dragon quickly swung its body and struck the Gundam pilot in the chest with its tail. The Perfect Soldier was sent crashing to the ground on his back. Blood began to trickle out of the corner of his mouth, "Damnit… I can only hope your preparation pays off."

One…

Green Heart took a moment to look back at Heero, who was still picking himself back up after having taken the hit intended for her. The CPU returned her attention to the Light Dragon, only now her gaze was much more intimidating, "Were it anyone else, I would not care so much… but Heero is someone who is very dear to me. I will not allow you to get away with this."

The CPU reared her lance arm back, "Bad luck or not, your life end here!" The goddess charged at the dragon, intent on exacting revenge upon it for injuring the Gundam pilot. Green Heart thrust her lance into the monster's chest cavity, and after her first attack connected, she generated a powerful gust of wind that sent the Light Dragon into the air. Almost immediately after launching the monster into the air the CPU disappeared in a burst of speed, and the dragon was soon assailed by a series of powerful attacks in the form of green energy. In reality, the green streaks were Green Heart moving at inhuman speeds. When the goddess reappeared the dragon was suspended in the air, a red glow emanating from its chest. The spear woman lunged at the Light Dragon and when her final attack landed, the dragon was engulfed in a red sphere. After a few seconds the sphere dissipated and the dragon was lying on the ground from the severe beating it took, though it began to pick itself up.

Black Heart herself had been seething the moment Heero and been thrown onto his back, "(I know I said I only worry about Heero, but… but…!)" The swordstress had suddenly vanished, only to appear in front of the wounded dragon. "I got this!" Black Heart swung her large sword twice, both attacks struck the monster in the chest and formed a red X that disappeared the second after it was formed. The swordstress darted to the dragon's left, slashed it two more times, then darted over to its right and delivered two more identical slash marks. After the first three attacks, Black Heart seemingly disappeared and the Light Dragon was assailed on all sides by a series of X shaped slash marks. Each time she left an X shaped mark, Black Heart would move and attack with a level of speed that was just as, if not greater than the level of speed demonstrated by Green Heart. The swordstress skid to a halt and delivered one final attack to the dragon, swinging her sword from the bottom of the monster's stomach to the top of its head, causing a pillar of light enveloped in red electricity to shoot up from the ground. Once again, the monster was lying on the ground after suffering an incredible amount of damage.

Light was entering the room, as the two attacks from Green Heart and Black Heart had destroyed portions of the walls and ceiling. The monster was struggling as it tried to get up, as it had a broken wing, multiple loose and/or broken teeth and bones, numerous lacerations… the list went on.

The Newtype held a tight grip on her axe, gritting her teeth at the dragon, "…You little shit… No one hits Heero and gets away with it! I'll kill you, bastard!" The Newtype raised her axe and leapt into the air "Take this axe, which smash the heavens!" With an incredible amount of strength that no one would suspect such a young girl to have, the Newtype brought her axe down onto the ground, creating a shockwave that threw the beaten and battered dragon into the air as if it were a rag doll. Before the Light Dragon even had a chance to start falling back toward the ground, the blue haired preteen tossed her axe at the airborne monster sending it back toward one of the walls. The moment she caught her axe, the preteen began to drag to blade of her axe along the ground behind her, causing chunks of rock to be thrown in every direction and a blue stream of energy trailed behind her as she sped towards the Light Dragon that was now stuck against the cave wall. Once she was close enough, the Newtype swung her axe once last time, a column of blue energy smashed right into the monster and the wall, destroying the wall and throwing the monster quite far, though even if it had survived the attack, the fall would most definitely kill it.

Heero stood up and looked upon the girls' handiwork. The walls had been decimated, the ground had large scars, the boss monster was dead and any monster in the vicinity that had watch the brutal beating of the Light Dragon had vacated the area, "(They possess far greater destructive power than I thought…)"

The Gundam pilot was broken out of his train of thought by two soft objects against his face. Heero found his face in-between Vert's breast, "What do you think, Heero? Are you not impressed by my elegant display of power?"

Before he could utter a single word, Heero was pulled out of the CPU's chest and found his right arm trapped in Black Heart's sizeable chest, "Heero had no time to watch you! He was too busy admiring my excellent sword technique."

Heero only had time to cast a short glance at the swordstress before he let out a grunt from having something collide with his stomach, which was the Newtype, "…Like hell. The only thing Heero was admiring was immeasurable power. Any dumbass can look elegant or display excellent technique."

Just when it seemed like the trio was about to start fighting amongst themselves for the third time, a loud shriek came from behind the group… and Heero knew who it was, "…Damn."

The three girls turned their attention to the source of the high pitched shriek, which turned out to be Compa, "Nep-Nep! Iffy! Lyrica! I've found Heero! And the Nep-Nep stalkers have him!"

Neptune, IF and Lyrica entered into the mostly destroyed room… and the sight of the three stalkers grabbing onto Heero angered Neptune, "I will not allow any of you to steal Heero from me. I will give you three seconds to let him go… make that one second."

IF was seething inside, "I guess I was wrong… Heero really was kidnapped." As with any other time when someone or something encroached on her 'territory' IF's inner chibi began to pitch a fit, "Those damn hussies think they can kidnap my man and do whatever the hell they want with him?! That's it! It's go time! Right fucking now!"

Lyrica was shaking somewhat in anger as she watched the three girls cling to Heero like he was some kind of possession, "We'll never give Heero to you!"

A nervous bead of sweat ran down the side of Green Heart's face, "Well, this is an interesting turn of events… though I would hardly call it welcome. Any other time would have been fine, but…"

The Newtype that was clinging to Heero's torso grimaced, "…We ended up using a crap load of power on that one monster. We may not have enough left to beat down Neptune's sorry ass."

Black Heart would not allow herself to show it, but even she was somewhat drained after the battle with the dragon, "W-Well, you two might be tired, but I'm not! I can keep going!"

Heero was able to free himself from the three girls, he talked to the three girls in front of him while glancing at his party behind him, "It would be best for you three to leave the area. This has no doubt turned into a terrible misunderstanding, and you three will be on the receiving end as usual. I'll handle them, just focus on getting out of here." The Gundam pilot looked at Black Heart and the Newtype. "The Sky Harbor should open in five minutes, connecting Leanbox to Lastation. Three days afterward, Lowee will connect to Lastation… that should allow you both to return to your landmasses." Heero then turned his attention to Green Heart, "It may be best that we not see each other for the rest of the day, otherwise they might make a connection."

The trio were quite impressed to say the least, Heero already knew when the Sky Harbor would open and to which landmass it would connect to. He also knew that if Green Heart were to be seen with him after what had transpired his party might figure out that she was in fact the CPU of Leanbox. The trio could only nod their heads in agreement as they quickly left the area.

Heero turned to face his party, only to find his face caught in-between two more soft objects, "Heero!" The Perfect Soldier fell to the ground with Compa on top of him, his face caught between her breasts. "I was so worried that something terrible happened to you."

Neptune, IF and Lyrica made their way over to the two, the first thing Neptune noticed was the blood coming out of Heero's mouth, "Are you alright? You seem to have been injured."

Compa got off of Heero, allowing him to stand back up, "While I have sustained some damage, it is not life threatening."

IF looked past Heero in the direction that the three 'stalker ladies' had gone, "So what was the deal with those three?"

"I will explain that at a later time. For now we should head back to the safe house. I have spent enough time taking care of Lady Green Heart's request, so now we must focus our attention to finding the Key Fragments."

Lyrica got behind Heero and began to push on him, "The only thing you need to focus your attention on right now is getting your injuries treated, then going to bed."

Strangely enough, the idea of getting some rest actually appealed to the Perfect Soldier, "(Perhaps I have not been getting enough sleep lately…) Very well."

Neptune latched onto Heero's arm, pulling him in the direction of the nearest exit, "I will personally make sure you get to bed… I think I will even get in bed with you just to make sure you get some sleep."

Compa grabbed onto Heero's other arm, "I want to get in bed with Heero, too! We should all go to bed when we get back."

Heero felt that the conversation had somehow become inappropriate, but resigned himself to being pulled back to the safe house… mostly because he was nursing a headache on top of his injured torso, "(Today's been one hell of a day…)"

Xxx

Me: "This chapter was a long time coming. Hell, any update to the story at this point would have been a long time coming… I've got to work like a madman possessed if I want to get this story finished before our second year anniversary."

Heero and Neptune: (Enter ACCC) "Yeah! You owe me and Heero a totally hot M rated scene! Especially since those Destined Lover stealers took Heero away from me for almost the whole chapter!"

Black Heart: (Kicks open Break room door and enters ACCC) "I-I am not this 'Destined Lover stealer' you keep saying I am! I just ran into Heero while I was in a dungeon, that's all."

White Heart: (Enters ACCC from Lounge) "…I was looking for inspiration while I was in that dungeon. I didn't expect to run into Heero."

Green Heart: (Enters ACCC from hidden entrance) "I just happened to be in the area. Since Heero didn't seem to be doing anything, I thought I would ask him to help me."

Neptune: "Lies! All lover stealing lies! I'll never believe the words of totally jelly girls who are trying to steal MY Heero! I won't let you steal my Destined Lover from me."

Heero: "We are not lovers."

Compa, IF and Lyrica: (Sitting on couch in ACCC) "We played such a small part in this chapter…"

IF: "We are getting our regular amount of time back in the story, right?"

Lyrica: (Holds up blank sheets up paper) "I-I'll write you a song if you give me back my usual screen time!"

Me: "There's no need for that. This chapter was really just for fun, and to address an issue back in chapter 19. Though because this was a free chapter, it did take some time for me to type it up, what with no actual event like this taking place in the game. Still, next chapter is where we go back to following the story in the game." (Looks at watch) "Aaaaaaand I think we're out of time for this segment of the ACCC. Let's wrap it up peeps! Heero, since you played such an important role in this chapter, you will finish it up for us."

Heero: "Read and review this chapter or I will kill you."

Me: "Umm… Heero? I don't really think th-"

Neptune: "Yeah! Do what Heero says!"

Black Heart: "Since Heero said to read and review the chapter, you have no choice but to do so!"

White Heart: "…I agree. Since Heero is such an important character in the story, the readers have to do what he says."

Green Heart: "I support Heero's decision. Besides, if the readers enjoy the story so much, then they have an obligation to provide some feedback as to what they think of it so far."

Me: "…You know what? Forget it. Let's just go already."

Me, Heero, Neptune, Compa, IF, Lyrica, Black Heart, White Heart, and Green Heart: (Leave ACCC)